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TIL in the USA there's a business sector called "Vehicle Impoundment" that can legally possess vehicles if they're illegally parked or similar. The owner then has to pay a fee to get it back or else they will lose possession of it.

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4Xdww TIL about Tombili. A cat from Turkey that was well known for her friendliness, her unique way of reclining against steps and her chubby figure. When she passed away in 2016. The city of Istanbul honored her with a statue of her.
gr5A9 TIL that when an apiary needs a new queen the farmer can't just put one in or the bees may kill her because she smells unfamiliar, so what the farmers do is lock the little queen in a cage with a door made of sugar, so that by the time the workers eat enough sugar for her to leave they are familiar.
rNWby TIL: The father-son Jack Russel terrier team who played Eddie in "Frasier" hated it each other so much, they snarled and snapped at each other every time on set
epZ1g TIL Wisconsin produces over half of all cranberries in the world. 5% is sold fresh: majority is for sauce, juice, dried fruit, etc. Settlers called the fruit “crane berry” cause the blossoms resemble the head of a Sandhill crane. It takes about 4,400 cranberries to make 1 gallon of juice.
nWKyP TIL that a restaurant chain in Missouri and Alabama is known for throwing bread rolls to its customers. In 2015, they were sued by a customer who claimed to have suffered permanent eye damage from a thrown roll. The restaurant admitted it was not the first time such a thing had happened.